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- A 36-year-old man from Godavari in Andhra Pradesh, identified as S. Manikumar, died of cardiac arrest at a Vinayagar temple on the girivalam path near the Arunachaleswar temple in Tiruvannamalai on Saturday.
- He got stuck while trying to exit the temple through a narrow passage, and other devotees and temple authorities pulled him out.
- He fainted and was taken to Government Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
- Tiruvannamalai Town police have registered a case and a probe is under way.
What to watch next
- Outcome of the police probe into the incident
- Whether temple authorities make changes to the narrow passage where he got stuck
- Safety measures on the girivalam path and other temple routes, given similar deaths in Ranipet in 2024
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Named India · Arunachaleswar temple · Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple · Ranipet · Ratnagiri · S. Harish · Sholinghur · S. Manikumar · Tiruvannamalai · Vinayagar temple · Andhra Pradesh · Government Medical College Hospital · Tiruvannamalai Town Police
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